This time, though, a man trying to save a few bucks at the discount supermarket was the centre of attention for all the right reasons.

Tom Grasswick of Deer Creek, Minn., bucked the trend when he wrestled a wayward and confused white-tailed deer to the ground at a Walmart in Wadena, preventing the frightened beast from causing havoc and terrorizing the customers.

“We were in the pet aisle when we heard what sounded like shelves falling, then a woman screaming,” Stephanie Koljonen told KARE TV in Minneapolis-St. Paul. “We rushed to help and that’s when we saw a deer was on the loose.”

Grasswick tackled the deranged deer, who was clearly looking for a bite to eat, after it slammed into him near a pallet of dog food.

“I figured I was bigger than the deer so I’d win that wrestling match,” Grasswick told WDAY TV in Fargo, N.D.

Grasswick held the deer down, pinning it with his legs, while covering its eyes to keep it calm, before teaming up with other customers to take it outside and release it.